- curo-Gaſſendo-Charltoniana, * will not ſerve to maintain one Pedant. He makes his Hypo- theſes himſelf, as a Taylor does a Doublet with- out Meaſure, no Matter whether they ſit * Na- ture, * he can make * Nature * fit them, and, whe- ther they are too ſtrait or wide, pinch or fluff out the Body accordingly. He judges fo the Works of * Nature * just as the Rabble do of State-Affairs: They ſee things done, and every Man according to his Capacity gueſſes as the Reaſons of them, but knowing nothing of the Arena or ſecret Movements of either, they ſeldom or never are in the Right; howſoever they pleaſe themſelves, and ſome others, with their Fancies, and the further they are off Truth, the more confident they are the are near it; as thoſe, that are out of their Way, believe, the further they have gone, they are the nearer their Journey's End, when they are furtheſt of all from it. He is confident of im- material Subſtances, and his Rea_sons are very pertinent, that is, _ ſubstantial * as he thinks, and - immaterial * as others do. Heretofore his Beard/ was the Badge of his Profeſſion, and the Length ---Footnote ------------------------------------------------------------------------